Born 1950 near Stuttgart / Germany.Deaf since birth. Inherited his artistic talent from his father.Started painting, influenced by reading comics, just for leisure, until he detected that arts became part of his life. Tried several painting techniques including airbrush; air-brush on the human skin body painting is now one of his favourite techniques.Sent his works to 28 exhibitions since 1994.Opened his own painting studio in 2003.Started 2000 in the film area when he won a short film competition in Stuttgart. After the great success of The Last Deaf he is undecided whether in future he should intensify his efforts to films.

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Quote: Perhaps you wonder that you often find eyes shown in my paintings. That is why we deaf, in a way, do not hear with our ears, but, instead, with our eyes.